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This page is devoted to showing pictures of the great gardens of our members. If you would like to have pictures of your garden displayed here, please contact Theresa at tt2p@andrew.cmu.edu. Right now we just have pictures of Joanne Kennedy's garden, but our goal is to have pictures of as many of our member's gardens as possible!
JOANNE KENNEDY'S GARDEN
Joanne's Front Walk (Above) and Driveway: When I first moved to Edgewood and took walks in the summer, I always admired Joanne's garden even before I knew it was hers. As you can see from the picture above and the picture to the right, Joanne incorporates a wide variety of shapes, textures, and colors into her garden that invites one to come closer and explore!
Joanne's Yellow Garden: This is a picture of Joanne's Yellow Garden, which is at the front of her house. One of Joanne's talents is creating spaces that are united by a theme. Notice how the purple flowers set off the yellow!
Purple Petunias: Here is another corner of Joanne's front yard, which is filled with purple petunias (that Joanne raised from seed) and other assorted flowers. Here again we see Joanne's excellent ability for combining different colors, shapes, and textures into a visual feast for the eye.
Pink Wave Petunias: These intensely pink wave petunias just showed up in Joanne's garden one year. They really liked it there, began to reseed themselves, and this is what they looked liked after three years!
Small Plantings: Throughout her garden, Joanne creates small, beautiful spaces, such as this area with the coleus and purple verbena in the two wooden pots. These plants were located at the side of her driveway, tucked away almost under the hedge. Joanne purchased these plants at a local nursery.
Brightly Colored, Shade-Loving Foliage Plants: Here we see three foliage plants, a hosta in the lower left, a coleus in the upper left, and a caladium behind the frogs, all of which are grown for their bright foliage, not their flowers. These plants do well in shade or semi-shade; they would not do well in a sunny location.
Coleus, Eucalyptus, and Purple Verbena: Here is another example of a great mix of colors and textures.
Zinnias: These zinnias were one of the gems of Joanne's wonderful garden in the summer of 2005. They are Coral Magellan Zinna hybrids, a 2005 All American winner (a pretty big award for a flower!). Joanne started them from seed in her house, and as you can see, they certainly did well as a border for her front walkway
For more information about the Club, call Jim Burkett, EGC President, at 412-241-0480.
Photos courtesy Theresa Treasure. This site is maintained by Theresa Treasure and is made available online courtesy Carnegie Mellon University. Please feel free to send any commenets, etc., about the site (or the Club) to Theresa at tt2p@andrew.cmu.edu. If you would like to visit the rest of Theresa's site, view some of her photos, and read some of her best recipes, click here. Thank you for visiting!